The Heavenly Jewel Change
Chapter 07: The Strange Black Pearl (3)
"What's? Are you playing with me? "The leader of the army suddenly stood up angrily. A 1.9m skeleton loomed over Zhou Weiqing, emitting an intimidating aura as he grabbed Zhou Weiqing's cuff and brought his angry face closer.
"Uhhh .. Not what I meant was that I needed more time to think about what branch I should apply for ..." Zhou Weiqing said quickly with a bitter smile on her face. As the saying went, a wise man knew better than to fight when the odds were against him, Zhou Weiqing naturally did not want to be beaten. In fact, if he had revealed his background, it was likely that all of them would be kneeling before him right now. However, even though Zhou Weiqing's character was cunning and cunning, but he had always been very obedient to his father's instructions. From a young age, his father always taught him that a real man would work and live on his own merits, and not just depend on his family background. Therefore, even though Zhou Weiqing had one of the highest ranked noble backgrounds in the empire, he had never used it to take advantage of anyone, unlike Princess Difuya.
In fact, even if Zhou Weiqing completely reneged on the plea, the leader of the army could do nothing. It was a pity that he was young and inexperienced and afraid to agree without knowing it.
After hearing Zhou Weiqing's reply, the squad leader sat back down with a satisfied smile, lowering his head to look at him before saying: "Alright, be it, hurry up and decide and then fill out this form and you can take your test. Let me tell you brat, you are very lucky because this is the first recruitment so we are still a bit weak in our testing. Otherwise, do you think joining the army is that easy? ”
Zhou Weiqing asked with a sullen expression: "Officer Bro, uhm, can I ask, on a battlefield where branch units can stand behind and won't have much contact with the enemy?"
Zhou Weiqing had his own thoughts, after all the boys dreamed of becoming heroes when they were young. He didn't want to just join the logistics or become a chef, if he had to become a soldier, he better be the right person. Otherwise, if his father heard of it, he would likely be beaten to death! He himself did not want to waste his face. But then as a soldier who had to enter the battlefield, Zhou Weiqing still wanted to find a relatively safer role, after all in his mind, safety was always number one. To him, fearing death was a natural human state, and he was not so heroic that he could only stare death in his face.
The eyes of the squad leader gleamed with a sly look, and said quickly: "That's easy, of course it will be an archer. Archers were generally placed on the back line, even if they had to shoot from the front, but when both sides clashed they would retreat backwards to fight. Unless the entire army was destroyed, otherwise the archers would normally not have direct contact with the enemy.
After hearing that, Zhou Weiqing was delighted and immediately said, "Good, this is good! Of course, why don't I think of the most famous Heavenly Bow Kingdom unit. Officer Bro, I want to be an archer! ”Archers are usually positioned behind other melee combat units for protection, this much as he knows at least.
The squad leader saw that his devious plan had worked, and gave a laugh of joy before standing up and reaching for the pen: "Name, age?"
"Little Zhou Fatty? You are not fat at all! "The squad leader muttered to himself while writing down the details. He did not doubt for a second that Zhou Weiqing was younger than his 16-year-old age.
Immediately, the registration was completed, and he handed the form to Zhou Weiqing and pointed to a corner of the area and said: "OK, go over there to take the test for the archer. As long as you pass the examination, you will become the official warrior of our kingdom. ”
"Thank you, Officer, Bro." Zhou Weiqing happily picked up the form. In his mind, this was the best possible outcome, joining an actual combat unit that would not put him in too much danger. Perfect.
Rushing excitedly into the test area, there were about 4-5 soldiers there wearing black and gray uniforms, with light leather armor, custom protective wrist guards, and a, heads were decorated with large hats to cover the sun, with bows on their backs, and arrows swinging on each side. This was normal equipment for archers, and it did look rather gallant. Currently, no one was taking the test, but a few archers stood up with attention. Zhou Weiqing knew how strict his father was basically, and if he was so fierce towards his own son, of course his army should also have strict discipline. As such, even though the Heavenly Core Empire was quite small, with an army strength of several tens of thousands, it was, but they were all extremely elite and were more than capable of restraint against enemies of equal or higher numbers. Zhou Weiqing knew that his father had never lost a battle, and was very famous in the surrounding countries.
"Hi big brooch, I'm here to take the test." Zhou Weiqing handed his form to one of the archers, who looked at him and said, "Buddy, alright, congratulations on choosing to join us, a unit with one of the best prospects in the army. Here, take this to try pulling it. '' The archer released his bow and handed it to Zhou Weiqing.
Zhou Weiqing took out a long bow and examined it closely. It was made of high quality Star wood, about 1.8 m long and 0.9 m wide. The front of the arc frame is circular arc-shaped, while the back is straight. The middle grip is about 4 cm wide, gradually getting thinner towards the end wrapped in muscle.
This kind of long arc has been developed over the centuries, year after year, from various mixed materials from ancient times in the Boundless Lands to arcs less than 1.2m long, it has a maximum range of less than 200m and an effective distance of less than 100m, and much lower penetrating power. As time passed, the arc gradually developed into a larger one, especially with the discovery of high-end materials such as Star Wood, allowing the use of long bows to become more widespread. This long bow that was common to Heavenly Bow Empire archers was extremely deadly, even the most ordinary one had a maximum range of less than 400m, an effective range of less than 250m, almost double the old bow. Their shot rate is as high as 10-12 arrows per minute which is also better than arrows. In the hands of skilled archers, the accuracy was much higher. Since the longbow was lighter due to its material, it was also easier to use despite its increased range and damage, suitable for small battles and direct clashes, and thus its appearance meant that the bow of the arrow had been considered obsolete. It could be said that the bow was the king of the battlefield for long-range weapons.
The rate of large bow fire could cause an artillery-like effect, when their infantry troops were charging forward, the archers in the rear line could shoot upwards in high arcs to hit the enemy. This was also the weakness of the light cavalry where the mountains were not armored. Shooting at maximum distance, sharp arrows could even pierce through light armor.